This year, for BlackHistory month, we salute not the political activists or barrier breakers, but some distinguished African-American painters, sculptors and photographers–accentuating, of course, those with the most interesting names.

Chakaia Booker—(b.1953), an assemblage artist who has worked with a variety of materials, including black rubber tires, said to address African-American identity.

ClementineHunter (b.1886)–pronounced clem-en-TEEN, just like Mrs. WinstonChurchill— was originally named Clemence. A self-taught Louisiana Creole folk artist who began painting in her fifties, her work depicts plantation life in the early 20th century.